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News and information about sci-fi and fantasy books and authors.
David Eddings Is Dead
Beloved and influential fantasy author David Eddings, who in tandem with his late wife Leigh managed to garner both commercial and critical success with several series of best-selling novels, has passed away at the age of 77.
Beloved and influential fantasy author David Eddings, who in tandem with his late wife Leigh managed to garner both commercial and critical success with several series of best-selling novels, has passed away at the age of 77.
Derrickson to Direct Hyperion Cantos
Warner Brothers has tapped Scott Derrickson to direct a major sci-fi effects movie merging the two far-future Dan Simmons novels Hyperion, a Huge Award winner in 1990, and Fall of Hyperion
Warner Brothers has tapped Scott Derrickson to direct a major sci-fi effects movie merging the two far-future Dan Simmons novels Hyperion, a Huge Award winner in 1990, and Fall of Hyperion
Physicist's Memoir of the Search for Time Travel to Become Film
Ronald Mallett's memoir of the search for time travel will become a film co-written and directed by Spike Lee.
Ronald Mallett's memoir of the search for time travel will become a film co-written and directed by Spike Lee.
Stephen Hunt's Fantasy Novels Come to the U.S.
That essential science fiction and fantasy publisher, Tor Books, has picked up stateside publishing rights to Stephen Hunt's well-reviewed The Court of the Air and its forthcoming follow-up, The Kingdom Beyond the Sea.
That essential science fiction and fantasy publisher, Tor Books, has picked up stateside publishing rights to Stephen Hunt's well-reviewed The Court of the Air and its forthcoming follow-up, The Kingdom Beyond the Sea.
Arthur C. Clarke is Dead
Arthur C. Clarke, one of the architects of modern science fiction, is dead at the age of 90, according to The New York Times and other reports.
Arthur C. Clarke, one of the architects of modern science fiction, is dead at the age of 90, according to The New York Times and other reports.